50 Cent Declares Chris Brown Better Than Michael Jackson

On Saturday, the hip-hop mogul took to social media to highlight Brown's impressive record sales: The message appeared to be a screenshot of a tweet that read in part: "@chrisbrown has now sold 69.5M singles in the US, making him the 7th best selling singles artist of all time."

Fif captioned the image with a bold statement, declaring Brown a better artist than Jackson. He also made a reference to the latter's longstanding molestation allegations because, well, that's just what 50 does.

The post, which has since been deleted on Instagram but remains up on Twitter, drew polarizing reactions. Some followers co-signed the statement, while others criticized 50 for taking a shot at the late artist.

I'm disappointed, but can't say I'm surprised. You both have the Jackson name, only one of you did it proud. Michael respected you, & even Eminem despite his disgusting music video mocking & using him for promotion. C'mon, do a little bit of research. #LiesOfLeavingNeverland

@50cent hey bitch, you remember this video? “Michael Jackson is such a perfectionist.” “He is the King of Pop.” “Until somebody tops Thriller he gon have that and the odds are it ain’t gon happen no time soon.” First they love you then they switch. Yeah they switch like- anyway. pic.twitter.com/aEzvt9wKN5

"Something's not right ... Like when they say Michael Jackson touched the kids, I didn't have to be there to feel like Michael Jackson touched the kids!" he said. "You don't get accused of that like once or twice! Like two or three times! People don't just show up at your door and say, 'You touched my kid's butt!'"